One of my twitter followers thoughtfully asked last week if I was doing the Great Bloggers Bake Off this year – and sadly my answer was no, as I don’t have the time at the moment (which may be evident from the distinct slowdown in blog posts!) However – it got me thinking, I have…
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Baked Mango Cheesecake
A perfect summer dessert – light, fruity, and easy to make! The recipe is similar to my other cheesecakes, but, due to the inclusion of so much fruit, doesn’t require any added sugar or yoghurt. It’s delightfully simple in terms of ingredients – once you’ve got past chopping the juicy mangoes of course. Ingredients…
Strawberries and Cream Baked Alaska
This week’s #greatbloggersbakeoff2014 features something I’ve wanted to try for a while – Baked Alaska. Apparently Rob and I both had a very deprived childhood, as neither of us can recall ever having even eaten this, let alone made it. Challenge set! One thing that struck me about this week’s GBBO program – unless I…
Super Strawberry Swiss Roll
This week saw the return of the much-loved Great British Bake-Off, and with it, the amazing celebration of all things cake that is #GreatBloggersBakeOff2014, which you can find more details on here. My first swiss roll recipe – Simple Strawberry Jam Swiss Roll , is without a doubt the most popular post on this blog….
Strawberry Swirl Meringues
Here is the second recipe from my Birthday Afternoon Tea – I can’t believe it was two weeks ago already! These little meringues are so easy to make, perfectly bite-sized and a great light little addition to any afternoon tea. A perfect outing for my KitchenAid Christmas present, (I’m still totally in love!), which whipped…
Birthday Afternoon Tea Party
Ah yes, the week of my birthday, where, once again, friends and family gather to eat their own body weight in cake. There is a definite theme to all my birthday presents and the respective celebrations at which they are received – cake, cake, and more CAKE! Take for example this amazing 3d patisserie card…
Strawberry & White Chocolate 30th Birthday Speed Sign Cake
Wow, that’s one helluva name for a cake! One of my best friends asked if I would make a cake for his brother’s 30th birthday party at the weekend. He even knew what he wanted – a 30 speed sign as the naughty boy had been caught speeding a few weeks ago! I decided this…
Simple Strawberry Jam Swiss Roll
Swiss roll is not something that I’ve made before, or had a huge desire too. But, I had to make dessert for dinner at a friends last night, and oddly enough had a dream my mum was teaching me to make a swiss roll (albeit a chocolate one) – well, simple things please simple minds,…
Nanny’s 80th Birthday Cake
Yesterday was my maternal grandma’s 80th birthday. Known to her 7 grandchildren as Nanny, this was a celebration that deserved a very special cake! I bought a new tin to make the numbers – but it will come in useful for years to come. An alphabet tin, it is divided into 28 equal segments, and…
Easy-Peasy Pavlova – Red Berry with Dark Chocolate Ganache
Last Friday my parents and grandma came over for dinner. I needed a dessert that could mostly be prepared ahead, didn’t require much cooking on the night (as I’d be working all day), and was quite light – to follow a big course of fish and chips! Still having a lot of eggs left and…
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